Viva Las Vegas 2014

Elvis has left the building … The town … The earth … Whatever. The Middle Eastern belly dancers are taking his place.

From September 4-7, 2014, the Las Vegas Bellydance Intensive & Festival is taking place at the historic Flamingo Hotel & Casino, 3555 Las Vegas Blvd. in Las Vegas, Nevada 89109 and at the Clark County Library Theater.

This is the big one with some of the top names in the art of belly dance instructing a performing. There is literally something for everyone, beginner through professional.Hone your craft from classes in the foundations of belly dance, isolation and layering, floorwork, combinations, spins and turns, to Taxsim, Saidi, Khaleegi, Turkish, Shabbi and Spanish Gypsy. Learn to work with props like drums, fans, canes, veil, zills, water pots, Shamadan and working with your skirt. Work on drills, improvisation, theatricality and costuming and more.

This annual event began in 2003 and takes place every September the weekend after Labor day Weekend. It (various packages are available) has become one of the country’s premier Middle Eastern belly dance festivals. The organization’s Mission Statement says it all, “The Las Vegas Bellydance Intensive & Festival is an event that serves to promote & celebrate the full spectrum of belly dancing – from Oriental to Tribal, from Folkloric to Fusion. We value the diversity of the art as well as the diversity of the artists. We also strive to produce an event with exceptional quality, integrity, professionalism & customer service.”

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Nailah has studied and performed the art of Middle Eastern belly dance for over 20 years with national and international dancers and venues. In the Summer of 2008, she traveled to Egypt to attend the Ahlan Wa Sahlan dance festival in Cairo. She studied with Egypt's greatest dancers, Dina, Randa Kamel, Mona El Saeid, Dr. Mo Geddawi and Regaey and had the pleasure of dancing a solo on a Nile River cruise ship. She is a regular instructor in the Special Studies department at the esteemed Chautauqua Institution in Chautauqua, New York. She has presented workshops at dance seminars around the country and has taught at Lakeside, Ohio as well.
A world traveler, Nailah has toured France, Italy, Greece, Great Britain, South America, the Seychelles Islands, the Caribbean, all over the United States including Hawaii, Canada, and Egypt.
In her "other" life, she is a multi-published writer and author.
www.NailahDance.com